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Travel Insurance Diabetes Premiums

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alexk

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Travelling to the Phillipines soon.

Best quote for diabetes add on for 46 days is £87.00 bringint the total up to £150


Can anyone recommend somewhere I might get a better quote? I mean a better total cost.
 
Have you tried Diabetes UK? They always have a partnership with an insurance company to provide travel insurance for people with diabetes.
I don't know the cost because my employer pays my annual travel insurance ... because I travel a lot for work, not because they are incredibly generous.
 
I get Travel Insurance from Insureandgo.com. You can get an online quote from their website. I don't pay more for being T2 diabetic.
 
Prem51 said:
I get Travel Insurance from Insureandgo.com. You can get an online quote from their website. I don't pay more for being T2 diabetic.
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Interesting. I paid a lot more for an annual policy last year. Ironically I must be a much lower risk now than for many years before diagnosis because of all the improvements to health over the past year!
 
Best quote we had this year was from HolidaySafe, next best was EHICplus. These were for an annual EU only policy for two over 70s, one with T2D plus CVD.
 
I am fortunate that Nationwide will still cover me at no extra cost on their annual policy which comes with a flexaccount
 
If you have a "Free" travel insurance from your bank account - you can generally upgrade the medical cover for a reasonable amount.
 
The moneysavingexpert.com website has links to suitable travel insurance comparison sites
 
I got quotes from the "specialist" insurers which were significantly more expensive than "standard" insurers. I went with Sainsburys bank as there was no extra charge for covering my diabetes (actually cost more to cover eldest child for ear issues).

We have used them a number of times and importantly they were really good when we had to make a claim.

Just make sure that you declare everything and double check policy is as expected before travel.
 
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